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I remember when I first saw Whoopi Goldberg doing standup, and she was wearing a sheet on her head, basically pretending to be this little white girl with long luxurious blonde hair. Everyone can relate to that. It's an oral history of black women's lives through laughter.

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What you put on your wall should be inspiration.

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I've always been interested in masking, layering, dressing up and beautifying yourself and what that meant to black women. I've always wanted to make things that I haven't seen before.

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All of my experiences modeling, acting, doing theater, it's all in the work now. And the work freed me to transform myself.

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I don't think an artist should always know why they gravitate toward something or someone. You are just drawn to things, and that's OK.

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Sometimes I think it's the responsibility of the artist to reveal a little more of themselves.

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Beauty has always been an element of discussion for black women, whether or not we were the ones having the conversation.

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You know, the emotion - it comes in my art. The kind of person I am, I can deal with things, and I do and I can, but I'm not a crier.

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I started making art with art therapy. It's what I know how to do. I got a lot of criticism for that when I was in school. But I think it works for me.

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With photography, you've captured a moment time - it's that moment only - and in painting, you play with it; you manipulate how time is presented. It's about fantasy and illusion and the creation of desire.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: January 28th, 1971

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